Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-10
MORE CAR LINES.
IMPORTANT ACTION OF TIE COUNCIL
coYM.TrEE on STREETS.
The city Rellway Company and the UNION
Passenger Railway Company 10
OstFraOehisos.

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10 acccpt or decline the proposition oil
,hc Street Committee IN regard to the
,ai,vav franchises ha iug expired, the
comuanv submitted the following rs
their answer, accompanied pY
photographic map showing the ROME
uropos.d. which Is as follows
EAslvnrdly from the Capitol square
Twelfth and franklin down franklin
io Twenty first, up Twenty-hrst u
prood thence out Church-Hlll avenue
10 Twcntv-ff,h, thence to J., thence 10
Twcniy.cighth. along Twcnty-eighntn 70
Franklin libby HID. thence 70 l"en-
iv-s,ycpth. thence 10 Broad, thence 10
I0cn,v. fourth. thence 10 Marshall ana
(hurcb-UI avenue; wcstwaruiy from
Twelfth street to Bank, and thence 10
Ninth. thence To Franklin, thence To
Seventh. Seventh 30 Clay, mp Gay
In Hancock. down Hancock 10 Broad,
np Broad to Harrison, down Harrison
a. Beech, down Beech to Reservoir,
down Reservoir 10 Ashland, mp Ash
land to the New reservoir, entering
the grounds 10y !hc road south OF the
cmJanhutut, md co-tinuin8 TO the
Keepers house
Also. q branch line p Seventeenth
street from FraukIu 60 the Chesapeake
and Ohio shops.
ErcH,foND UNIoN PAssESGERi
RAILWAY CONrANY.
To lc chairman and G"nficmc" of
Hc Wr,Ct ContWihCc:
Gentlemen. In obedience 70 your
request that We report an ansv Pr TO the
resolutions Of your committee within
fifteen days from date of sali resolu-
t;ons. setting forth the conditions upon
which you would recommend charter,
w. leg 10 submit the following:
The above Telegraph locates the
streets on which ~ are asking charter
~ nm our road. Excepting few
minor alterations, which are made at
the suggestion of residents Of Church
HiH. IT is the same as "" formerly
asked.
The route from Church-Hill avenue
along Marshall 10 Twenty-fOurth street
/. TO avoid the heavy grade on Broad
street between Twenty-first and Twen-
~ ,hird streets. thereby avoiding any
ros.jllc danger from descent of an cx-
ce,siycly steep grade. The route south
of Broad street is tO accommodate resi-
dents IN TINT vicinity and to reach
I,bby-Hjn Park. The change from
Twrniy-mnth to Twenty-cighth street
rs made on that account, as well a. the
change from q to p street.
We desire to build the route rs de-
sienatcd in the hthograph-the double
track "a extend from Hancock street on
the west to TVeuty-frst street on the
east
Not knowing what the rights OF the
old railroad company were to the eXX-
elusive use of the streets of the city al
ready occupied 10y them, We were com
pellcd TO ask line along Franklin
street between Fifteenth and Seventh
streets IN order 10 reach the centre OF
the city. hut your City Attorney having
settled that question against the claim
of the old company, rs far as we are
concerned. We now ask that at any time
IN the future that We SO desire we may
be- allowed 10 change the route from
Franklin street between Fifteenth and
Seventh streets 70 Main between FIT
tccnth and Seventh streets, 50 placing
the mills a. only to use twelve inches
more of the street centre than now used
hv the present company, and when this
d., done We will abandon our rights on
Fankinbctwten Fifteenth and Seventh
street, and remove therefrom all rails,
&c.. and replace all payements, &c.
We also ask the privilege of chang
ing any Of our single line of track to
douhle line whenever the travel on the
Enc justiiies H.
on the subject of taxation we beg
That your committee viii not burden us
with taxes too Oncrous To bear. 1t has
teen asserted, as We understand, by the
old company and by our shrcwdest citi-
2ru- that the Church Hill line will not
pay Let us at least have the hope OF
remuneration for this large outlay we
arr proposing toNake.
We earnestly ask that YOU will not
present the alternative 10 us either of
building line of street railway with
the fact apparent that the outlay Is
hazardous and unwlse, and that the
road when built will he run at a loss, or
of compelling US to decline the charter
because We are practically taxed out of
existence. We are willing, with all the
hazards and uncertainties surrounding
us. to Ice taxed after the expiration OF
the five years exemption proposed by
ucCommittec, on the 0d-CQiOrem ba-
sis. and IN addition a specific tax OF
S2Otor each car-Which all must admit
ID most liberal.
We trust the committee will bear III
mind TINT 1t is only in few of the
larger cities, with populations almost
ten times our population, that heavier
taxes are imposed than We now suggest,
and in thos, cities the patronage Is very
large and the further fact should be
remembered that the costs of running
such a road are as large in Richmond
as IN the cities referred to. We re-
~lpctiully submit that the true interests
% the city are 10 foster such enter
Y-.,es ly liberal concessions. What IS
The bare possibility of "a company
making money, or much money, if you
please. as compared with the comfort,
convenience, or necessities of large
and growing city? VIII you check the
Improvement of your city, the increase
Of taxable values, the increase Of popu-
ation. on a mere question of taxing the
agency which produces such desirable
results?
Your committee Will bear IN mind
that even with such charter as we ask
W. can never hope to have 80 profitable
"a routc as the present company, yet 1t
IS proposed to tax us alike.
fut if your committee deem that the
true interests will be subseryed by so
oncrous tax, We feel obliged to say
that The hazards of the enterprise, with
the grieyous burden of taxation insist
ed on by the committee, is too great for
us 10 bear, and in that view it is best
Tor rs TO withdraw our application.
Respectfully submitted.
RICHMOND UNIoN PASSENGER RAILWAY
COMPANY.
BY JoHs A. CoRR, Attorney.
oHANGE ~ TUE sTIHET-RAILwAY COM
PANY ROUTE.
Befsc acting on this Mr.. Cutchins
,no,,o1 ~ amend the ronfQ Of the Rich.